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  2. Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linux (/ ˈ l ɪ n ʊ k s /, LIN-uuks) [11] is a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, [12] an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

  3. Digital rights management - Wikipedia

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    The company later credited owners of the affected games with a free download, and there has been no further downtime. [71] In 2011, comedian Louis C.K. released his concert film Live at the Beacon Theater as an inexpensive (US$5), DRM-free download. The only attempt to deter unlicensed copies was a letter emphasizing the lack of corporate ...

  4. 1996 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. [2] Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee (and the party's nominee for vice president in 1976), and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee and 1992 independent presidential candidate.

  5. Mike Tyson - Wikipedia

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    Mike Tyson. Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and is scheduled to compete once again in 2024. Nicknamed " Iron Mike " [ 4] and " Kid Dynamite " in his early career, and later known as " the Baddest Man on the Planet ", [ 5] Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest ...

  6. CompuServe - Wikipedia

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    AOL's entry into the PC market in 1991 marked the beginning of the end for CIS. AOL charged $2.95 an hour versus $5.00 an hour for CompuServe. AOL used a freely available graphical user interface-based client; CompuServe's wasn't free, and it only had a subset of the system's functionality. In response, CIS decreased its hourly rates on several ...

  7. Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

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    Warren Buffett. Warren Edward Buffett ( / ˈbʌfɪt / BUF-it; born August 30, 1930) [ 2] is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his investment success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world. As of June 2024, he had a net worth ...

  8. 97.5th percentile point - Wikipedia

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    95% of the area under the normal distribution lies within 1.96 standard deviations away from the mean. In probability and statistics, the 97.5th percentile point of the standard normal distribution is a number commonly used for statistical calculations. The approximate value of this number is 1.96, meaning that 95% of the area under a normal ...